Highline Mathematicians face off at Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza

Every Highline elementary school has excited and talented mathematicians, and two-thirds of them demonstrated this fact at the 2017 Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza on May 5.

204 students in 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grades spilled out of the cafeteria into two overflow classrooms, making it the largest elementary math contest in Highline’s history! Of course, they hope to be even bigger next year, and the dream is to convince all 19 Highline elementary schools to participate.

In the weeks before the contest, many students met with teachers and parent coaches outside of class time to learn topics they hadn’t been exposed to and to familiarize themselves with the test formats. At the event, students competed in a variety of tests in different formats: an individual test in which students attempted to solve thirty problems in thirty minutes, a mental math test in which individuals tried to solve twenty questions in their head in fifteen minutes, and two team tests (Algebra & Probability and Geometry & Potpourri) in which teams of four students attempted to solve twenty topic-specific problems in fifteen minutes.

After the four events, students and their families enjoyed a dinner break while the scoring room wrapped up its work. Soon, the awards ceremony began with the All-That-and-a-Bag-of-Chips award for the highest-scoring student on each team of four, each of which received a bag of chips! Those winners were:

School Name

Student Name

Grade

Beverly Park

Daniel Ly

5

Beverly Park

Elizabeth Barret

5

Beverly Park

Eyanna Bannister

5

Bow Lake

Jose Bocanegra

6

Bow Lake

Mundir Ali

5

Bow Lake

Soliana Alazar

5

Bow Lake

Sulekha Mahamud

6

Bow Lake

Zariatou Doucuore

5

Cedarhurst

Kierra Covey

6

Hilltop

Daniella

6

Hilltop

Diana

5

Hilltop

Ethan

5

Hilltop

Hazen

5

Hilltop

Quentin

5

Marvista

Aidan Phan

5

Marvista

Josh Abellon

5

Marvista

Justin Bell

4

Marvista

Lauren Jaffe

6

Marvista

Madelyn Novick

5

McMicken

Andrew Wiebe

6

McMicken

Armaan Singh

6

McMicken

David Bello Luna

6

McMicken

Hayden Burnett

6

McMicken

Kaythen Towne

6

North Hill

Abenzer Deresse

4

North Hill

Aria Hawkins

5

North Hill

Callie Bradshaw

5

North Hill

Forest Oliverson

4

North Hill

Jimmy Taylor

4

North Hill

Jocelyn Rose

5

North Hill

Lily Monahan

4

North Hill

Mason Becker

4

North Hill

Phillip Soran

5

North Hill

Reanna Lee

6

North Hill

Selam Bobenga

4

Parkside

Austin Corwin

6

Parkside

Ben Bowers

5

Parkside

Ioana Muresan

4

Parkside

Megumi Whisman

5

Parkside

Nina Door

4

Parkside

Quan Phan

4

Parkside

Selena Bolden

6

Rainier Prep

Cristian Herrera

5

Rainier Prep

Heba Al-Sheblawy

5

Rainier Prep

Jenny Nguyen

6

Rainier Prep

Josslyne Fregoso

6

Rainier Prep

Leslie Diaz De Leon

6

Rainier Prep

Siniya Jones

5

Rainier Prep

Tony Nguyen

6

Seahurst

Alexander Avecilla

4

Seahurst

BriarRose Ables

4

Seahurst

Catherine Lemus

6

Seahurst

Cody Reed

4

Seahurst

Daisy Guerrero

4

Seahurst

Harlen Mitchell

6

Seahurst

Jadalyn Estaban

5

Seahurst

Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero

5

Seahurst

Jennifer Bou

5

Shorewood

Eric Nguyen

5

Shorewood

Katie Clymer

6

Shorewood

Nicky Warfield

4

Shorewood

Rae Williams

5

Shorewood

Wily Wennerlind

6

Southern Heights

Loobna Shego

6

The next award level was the “Sweet Solvers”, the highest-scoring student in each grade at each school, each of which received a candy bar! Those winners were:

School Name

Student Name

Grade

Beverly Park

Eyanna Bannister

5

Beverly Park

Faith Antioquia

6

Bow Lake

Mundir Ali

5

Bow Lake

Sulekha Mahamud

6

Cedarhurst

Kierra Covey

6

Hilltop

Quentin

5

Hilltop

Daniella

6

Marvista

Justin Bell

4

Marvista

Madelyn Novick

5

Marvista

Lauren Jaffe

6

McMicken

Hayden Burnett

6

North Hill

Forest Oliverson

4

North Hill

Aria Hawkins

5

North Hill

Reanna Lee

6

Parkside

Quan Phan

4

Parkside

Megumi Whisman

5

Parkside

Austin Corwin

6

Rainier Prep

Heba Al-Sheblawy

5

Rainier Prep

Tony Nguyen

6

Seahurst

BriarRose Ables

4

Seahurst

Jennifer Bou

5

Seahurst

Catherine Lemus

6

Shorewood

Chris Talty

4

Shorewood

Rae Williams

5

Shorewood

Wily Wennerlind

6

Southern Heights

Loobna Shego

6

The third award level is the ten top-scoring individuals in each grade across the district. They were:

Division

Grade

Place

Student Name

School Name

JV

4

9

Alexander Avecilla

Seahurst

JV

4

9

Ryan Harrington

North Hill

JV

4

6

BriarRose Ables

Seahurst

JV

4

6

Selam Bobenga

North Hill

JV

4

6

Mason Becker

North Hill

JV

4

5

Jimmy Taylor

North Hill

JV

4

4

Abenzer Deresse

North Hill

JV

4

3

Michelle Ruiz

North Hill

JV

4

2

Lily Monahan

North Hill

JV

4

1

Forest Oliverson

North Hill

JV

5

10

Harveer Singh

North Hill

JV

5

9

Quentin

Hilltop

JV

5

8

Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero

Seahurst

JV

5

7

Jocelyn Rose

North Hill

JV

5

6

Tazmin Hanson

Seahurst

JV

5

5

Phillip Soran

North Hill

JV

5

4

Jennifer Bou

Seahurst

JV

5

3

Kai Praven

North Hill

JV

5

2

Aria Hawkins

North Hill

JV

5

1

Eyanna Bannister

Beverly Park

JV

6

10

Brooke Thomas

North Hill

JV

6

9

Naricris Cruz

Southern Heights

JV

6

8

Sydney Goitia

Rainier Prep

JV

6

7

Hayden Burnett

McMicken

JV

6

6

Daniella

Hilltop

JV

6

5

Loobna Shego

Southern Heights

JV

6

4

Manjot Singh

North Hill

JV

6

3

Josslyne Fregoso

Rainier Prep

JV

6

2

Reanna Lee

Rainier Prep

JV

6

1

Tony Nguyen

North Hill

Varsity

4

10

Thu Ngyuen

Parkside

Varsity

4

9

Nina Door

Parkside

Varsity

4

8

Ioana Muresan

Parkside

Varsity

4

7

William Fike

Marvista

Varsity

4

6

Anas Dirieh

Parkside

Varsity

4

5

Amelia Kwung

Parkside

Varsity

4

4

Nicky Warfield

Shorewood

Varsity

4

3

Quan Phan

Parkside

Varsity

4

2

Justin Bell

Marvista

Varsity

4

1

Chris Talty

Shorewood

Varsity

5

10

Colin Chirko

Shorewood

Varsity

5

9

Aidan Phan

Marvista

Varsity

5

8

Josh Abellon

Marvista

Varsity

5

7

Samuel Dagmawi

Shorewood

Varsity

5

6

Tran Dinh

Marvista

Varsity

5

5

Madelyn Novick

Marvista

Varsity

5

4

Sarah Berhan

Shorewood

Varsity

5

3

Eric Nguyen

Shorewood

Varsity

5

2

Maddy Handshew

Shorewood

Varsity

5

1

Rae Williams

Shorewood

Varsity

6

10

Luke Vlases

Parkside

Varsity

6

9

Alena Kang

Parkside

Varsity

6

8

Elliott Kurtz

Marvista

Varsity

6

7

Selena Bolden

Parkside

Varsity

6

6

Lauren Jaffe

Marvista

Varsity

6

5

Katie Clymer

Shorewood

Varsity

6

4

Evelyn Watson

Parkside

Varsity

6

3

Emily Cain

Shorewood

Varsity

6

2

Wily Wennerlind

Shorewood

Varsity

6

1

Austin Corwin

Parkside

The final award level was the highest-scoring teams in each grade across the district. They were:

Div.

Gr.

Place

School Name

Name

Gr.

Name

Gr.

Name

Gr.

Name

Gr.

JV

4

5

North Hill

Nora Hansen

4

Ethan Driscoll

4

Mason Becker

4

Selam Bobenga

4

JV

4

4

North Hill

Forest Oliverson

4

Camden Anderson

4

Abby Hills

4

Natalie Nutting

4

JV

4

3

North Hill

Lily Monahan

4

Michelle Ruiz

4

Braxton Loria

4

Marcelo Gonzalez

4

JV

4

2

North Hill

Jimmy Taylor

4

Ryan Harrington

4

Grace Smith

4

Ifrah Abdi

4

JV

4

1

Seahurst

Besa Hruska

4

Daisy Guerrero

4

Daniel Jensen

4

Tatum Swift

4

JV

5

5

North Hill

Parker Crawford

5

Aria Hawkins

5

Kyra Smith

5

Kai Praven

5

JV

5

4

Hilltop

Quentin

5

Krystalee

5

Vincent

5

Chelsea

5

JV

5

3

Seahurst

Jennifer Bou

5

Hiei Garrett

5

Son Chang

5

Tazmin Hanson

5

JV

5

2

Rainier Prep

Cristian Herrera

5

Abel Atinafu

5

Justin Castro De Jesus

5

Isai Fregoso

5

JV

5

1

Seahurst

Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero

5

Esmeralda Castro Cordero

5

Macintosh Brown

5

Pablo Palma-Orantes

5

JV

6

5

Southern Heights

Ivan Garcia

6

Loobna Shego

6

Naricris Cruz

6

Jenna Grant

6

JV

6

4

Hilltop

Lilean

6

Joel

6

Daniella

6

Makenna

6

JV

6

3

North Hill

Reanna Lee

6

Brooke Thomas

6

Jessica Chaves

6

Manjot Singh

6

JV

6

2

Rainier Prep

Jenny Nguyen

6

Isabella Le

6

Leslie Diaz De Leon

6

Ulysses Jasso-Roman

6

JV

6

1

Rainier Prep

Tony Nguyen

6

Jose Lopez Bernal

6

Sydney Goitia

6

Cassandra Nguyen

6

Vars.

4

4

Parkside

Nina Door

4

Ioana Muresan

4

Thu Ngyuen

4

Ellza Singh

4

Vars.

4

3

Marvista

William Fike

4

Justin Bell

4

Vars.

4

2

Shorewood

Javaris Matthews

4

Nicky Warfield

4

Vars.

4

1

Parkside

Amelia Kwung

4

Quan Phan

4

Anas Dirieh

4

Eden Solomon

4

Vars.

5

5

Parkside

Ben Bowers

5

Samuel Sanchez

5

Mia Cohn

5

Anni Simmons

5

Vars.

5

4

Parkside

Victor Perete-McIntyre

5

Megumi Whisman

5

Melat Kassahun

5

Zaki Mitchell

5

Vars.

5

3

Marvista

Tran Dinh

5

Madelyn Novick

5

Addison Wisen

5

Giulia Gudor

5

Vars.

5

2

Shorewood

Colin Chirko

5

Eric Nguyen

5

Lindo Tran

5

Samuel Dagmawi

5

Vars.

5

1

Shorewood

Maddy Handshew

5

Sarah Berhan

5

Rae Williams

5

Megan Talty

5

Vars.

6

5

Shorewood

Katie Clymer

6

Vars.

6

4

Marvista

Lauren Jaffe

6

Elliott Kurtz

6

Ayaan Osman

6

Martin Dinh

5

Vars.

6

3

Parkside

Luke Vlases

6

Selena Bolden

6

Alena Kang

6

Vars.

6

2

Parkside

Evelyn Watson

6

Austin Corwin

6

Malakai Silvestre

6

Vars.

6

1

Shorewood

Wily Wennerlind

6

Emily Cain

6

Lillian Burris

5

Chris Talty

4

All of the tests for the 2017 Middlementary Math Bonanza were provided by National Assessment & Testing (http://www.natassessment.com), which in addition to this local competition administers four national contests by mail each year in different formats.

WOW! Great Stuff! Here’s to everyone involved with this program! Especially the kids! You ROCK!!! Would love to see all the Highline elementary schools involved in this program and a few local sponsors getting the word out and providing prizes.